Government of Torra

Cabinet Torra
President of the Generalitat	Quim Torra
choice	2017
Legislative period	XII.
Appointed by	King Felipe VI.
education	15th May 2018
Duration	2 years and 109 days
predecessor	Puigdemont cabinet
composition
Party (s)	JuntsxCat - ERC
minister	13
representation
Parliament of Catalonia	66/135
Opposition leader	Inés Arrimadas ( CS )

First cabinet meeting on June 2, 2018

The Torra government ( Catalan Govern Torra [ gubεrn ˈtorːɒ ]) is the minority government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, supported by the CUP , since May 15, 2018 under the Catalan regional president Quim Torra .

Government formation

After the early election to the Catalan Parliament on December 21, 2017 as part of the Catalonia crisis , the new parliament of the XII was constituted. First legislative session on January 17, 2018. On January 22, the President of the Catalan Parliament, Roger Torrent , proposed Carles Puigdemont as President of the Generalitat de Catalunya. After an urgent ruling by the Spanish Constitutional Court on the inadmissibility of the investiture through a video conference or a reading of a speech by the President by a possible member of parliament, the court considers the presence of the candidate to be necessary. With the judgment, the court blocked Puigdemont's election as a return to Spain without direct arrest on charges of rebellion, riot and misappropriation of public funds is not feasible.

On February 1, Puigdemont announced that he would no longer be available for the post of Catalan regional president and instead would support the jailed candidate Jordi Sànchez . On March 9, Supreme Court investigating judge Pablo Llarena refused to be temporarily released from custody to attend any parliamentary session. Sànchez then ended his candidacy on March 21.

On the following day, a parliamentary debate on the election of the next candidate, Jordi Turull, took place, in which the candidate received 64 votes, 65 MPs voted against the proposal and four MPs abstained. Turull himself was not present at a second ballot on March 24, as the Spanish investigating judge Pablo Llarena had ordered Turull and four other Catalan representatives to be detained a few days earlier. On April 3rd and 24th, the Catalan Parliament approved a vote in absentia by two Catalan MPs in exile.

Due to the remaining deadline of May 21, the coalition alliance agreed on a new candidate, as otherwise no new regional president would be elected within six months of the election to the Catalan parliament and new elections would have to be called. On May 10, Puigdemont announced the candidacy of Quim Torras , who in his first ballot on May 12, with 66 votes, could not win the absolute majority of the votes required for this. In the subsequent second ballot on May 14, a simple majority of 66 votes was enough, so that Torra was elected to office. King Felipe VI. had a royal decree on May 15, so Torra was sworn in on May 17. In order to be sworn in as regional president of Catalonia, the Spanish flag was removed, and contrary to custom, Torra refused to express his loyalty to the Spanish constitution and the Spanish king.

On May 19, Quim Torra announced the 13 ministers of the new regional government. The proposed ministers included former Catalan ministers Josep Rull and Jordi Turull , who were at the time in custody, and Antoni Comín and Lluís Puig, who were in “ exile ” (ie who fled abroad before justice) . After the incumbent Spanish government under Rajoy took the appointment as a provocation and rejected an announcement by the ministers, Torra published a new list on May 29 without the controversial personal details. Finally, on June 2, the new cabinet was convened in the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the Spanish central government's takeover of Catalan government was ended after seven months.

Government composition

Torra government - since June 2, 2018
Office or department	Incumbent
President of the Generalitat de Catalunya	Quim Torra	Non-party
Deputy President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Minister for the Economy and Finance	Pere Aragonès	ERC
Presidential Minister and Government Spokeswoman	Elsa Artadi until March 25, 2019	Non-party
Presidential Minister and Government Spokeswoman	Meritxell Budó i Pla since March 25, 2019	PDeCAT
Minister of Education	Josep Bargalló	ERC
Minister for Culture	Laura Borràs until March 25, 2019	Non-party
Minister for Culture	Mariàngela Vilallonga Vives from March 25, 2019	Non-party
Minister of the Interior	Miquel book	JuntsxCat
Minister for Territory and Sustainability	Damià Calvet	JuntsxCat
Minister of Justice	Ester Capella	ERC
Minister for Enterprise and Knowledge	Maria Angels Chacón	JuntsxCat
Minister for Labor, Social Affairs and Family	Chakir El Homrani	ERC
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food	Teresa Jordà	ERC
Foreign Minister for Institutional Relations and Transparency	Ernest Maragall until November 23, 2018	ERC
	Alfred Bosch Pascual November 23, 2018 to March 10, 2020	ERC
	Bernat Solé Barril since March 21, 2020	ERC
Minister of Health	Alba Vergés	ERC
Minister for Digital Policy and Public Administration	Jordi Puigneró	JuntsxCat
Secretary General of the Government	Víctor Cullell i Comellas	JuntsxCat